Amrina M Fernandes @ Amrina Zaveri vs State of Maharashtra and Ors. — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Amrina M Fernandes @ Amrina Zaveri vs State of Maharashtra and Ors. — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Interim Application No. 837 of 2026 allowed in terms of prayer clauses (a) & (b): amendment of the Writ Petition as per Schedule-A with consequential amendments, and bringing on record the Chargesheet in FIR C.R. No. 126 of 2025; one week granted to carry out the amendment and produce the charge-sheet; amended copy of the Criminal Writ Petition with charge-sheet to be furnished to the learned A.P.P.'s office and Respondent No. 8's Advocate within one week thereafter; Respondents at liberty to oppose the amendment on merits. Interim Application disposed of in the above terms.

Issue for consideration

Whether the Interim Application should be allowed permitting amendment of the Writ Petition in terms of prayer clauses 7(a) & (b), i.e., the Schedule-A amendments with consequential amendments, and to bring on record the Chargesheet filed in FIR bearing C.R. No. 126 of 2025.

Court's answer

The Interim Application is allowed in terms of prayer clauses (a) & (b), the proposed amendment being treated as a subsequent event and in view of the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Pradnya Pranjal Kulkarni v/s. The State of Maharashtra.

Ratio / Principle

The Respondents would have the right to oppose the amendment on merits.

Key takeaways

One week's time is granted to the Applicant/Petitioner to carry out the amendment and to produce the charge-sheet on record.ratio¶26
Upon the amendment being carried out, the amended copy of the Criminal Writ Petition along with the copy of the charge-sheet is to be furnished to the office of the learned A.P.P. and to the Advocate on record for Respondent No. 8, within a period of one week thereafter.ratio¶27

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court (Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction), Ashwin D. Bhobe, J. — Interim Application No. 837 of 2026 in Writ Petition No. 207 of 2026 (decided 12 March 2026): Allowed. The Applicant/Petitioner, Amrina Mathew Fernandes alias Amrina Iqbal Zaveri, sought leave to amend the Writ Petition in terms of Schedule-A (with consequential amendments) and to bring on record the Chargesheet filed in FIR bearing C.R. No. 126 of 2025. Treating the chargesheet as a subsequent event and relying on the law laid down by the Supreme Court in Pradnya Pranjal Kulkarni v/s. The State of Maharashtra, 2025 SCC OnLine SC 1948, the Court allowed the Interim Application in terms of prayer clauses (a) & (b), while reserving to the Respondents the right to oppose the amendment on merits. One week was granted to carry out the amendment and produce the charge-sheet, with the amended copy of the Criminal Writ Petition and charge-sheet to be furnished to the office of the learned A.P.P. and to the Advocate on record for Respondent No. 8 within one week thereafter. No statutory provisions were construed; the order is interlocutory in nature.

905-IA-837-2026.doc

Gitalaxmi

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 837 OF 2026 IN

WRIT PETITION NO. 207 OF 2026

Amrina Mathew Fernandes alias Amrina Iqbal Zaveri

...Applicant/Petitioner

Versus

The State of Maharashtra & Ors.

...Respondents

Mr. Bahraiz Irani a/w Mr. Shane Santos, Mr. Anosh Irani & Ms. Afreen Bano, learned Advocates for the Applicant/Petitioner.

Ms. Pallavi N. Dabholkar, learned A.P.P. for the State/Respondent.

Mr. Shivam Deshmukh a/w Mr. Prashant Choudhary & Mr. Dwarkesh Chavda, learned Advocate for Respondent No. 8.

API Mr. Rupesh Patil attached to A.E. Cell, DCB CID Crime is present in the Court.

PI Ms. Sarika Khairnar (IO) a/w PSI Mr. Nitin Kamble (Pairavi Adhikari) attached to Amboli Police Station, Mumbai are present in the Court.

CORAM : ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J. DATE : 12^th MARCH 2026.

P.C. :

Heard Mr. Bahraiz Irani, learned Advocate for the Applicant/Petitioner and Ms. Pallavi Dabholkar, learned A.P.P. for the State/Respondent.

By the present Interim Application, the Applicants have sought for the following substantive reliefs in terms of prayer clauses 7(a) & (b) :-

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“a. This Hon’ble Court be pleased to pass appropriate orders allowing this Interim Application in terms of the amendments as mentioned in the Schedule - A with consequential amendments;

b. This Hon’ble Court be pleased to pass appropriate orders allowing this Interim Application in terms of amendments to bring on record the Chargesheet filed in FIR bearing C.R. No. 126 of 2025.”

Considering the proposed amendment to be a subsequent event and the law laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Pradnya Pranjal Kulkarni v/s. The State of Maharashtra¹ , the present Interim Application is allowed in terms of prayer clauses (a) & (b). Respondents would have right to oppose the amendment on merits.

Mr. Bahraiz Irani, learned Advocate for the Applicant/Petitioner seeks one week’s time to carry out amendment and to produce charge-sheet on record. Time granted.

Upon amendment being carried out, amended copy of the Criminal Writ Petition along with the copy of charge-sheet be furnished to the office of learned A.P.P. and to the Advocate on record for Respondent No. 8, within a period of one week thereafter.

Interim Application No. 837 of 2026 is disposed of in the above said terms.

[ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J.]

2025 SCC OnLine SC 1948.

Digitally signed by GITALAXMI GITALAXMI KRISHNA KRISHNA KOTAWADEKAR KOTAWADEKAR Date: 2026.03.13 22:15:43 +0530

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